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A10
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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Friday, May 30, 2014
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SASCHA WILSON
Shri Balaji Enter-
tainment has dis-
tanced itself from the
controversial Asha
Bhosle
concert,
fuelling suspicions
that the concert,
which was twice post-
poned, is a sham.
The question now
is whether Dr Lynette
Persad and the Little
Warriors Foundation
for Kids with Cancer
even exist. Persad is
not registered under
the national register of
the medical practition-
ers of T&T.
Balaji Entertainment
and WinRadio were
advertised as being co-
presenters along with
the Little Warriors
Foundation for the
concert, with tickets
being sold to dozens
of patrons at $1,000.
Balaji and WinTV
have both since dis-
tanced themselves
from the show.
Persad, who claimed
to be the foundation s
director, is no longer
communicating
through e-mail, or
otherwise, with tick-
et-holders who have
been demanding a
refund. Neither has
she come forward to
clear the air, despite e-
mails, voice and text
messages left for her
by the T&T Guardian.
However, a Fraud
Squad source said an
investigation has not
been launched since
no one has come for-
ward to make an offi-
cial report.
In response to Mon-
day s article in the
T&T Guardian, CEO
of the New Jersey-
based Shri Balaji
Entertainment, Dar-
shan Mehta, sent an
e-mail to its local rep-
resentative Anthony
Maharaj, of Caribbean
Lifestyle Communica-
tions Ltd, denying any
involvement in the
concert.
"We wish to make it
abundantly clear that
neither our company,
Balaji Entertainment,
nor our individual
directors ever had any
involvement with this
show or any show
with WinTV now or
any time in the past."
In a telephone inter-
view, Maharaj said he
had never heard of the
charity foundation and
never had any dealings
with WinTV.
"I am definitely
shocked,"
said
Maharaj, who was also
curious to find out
who was using the
company s name.
However, he said, he
saw the concert adver-
tised twice and can-
celled twice.
In a previous e-mail,
WinTV said it had
been approached sev-
eral months ago by
people claiming to be
representatives of the
foundation and Balaji
Entertainment, who
said they had made
arrangements to bring
Bhosle to T&T.
WinTV said it only
agreed to be the sole
Former West Indies
skipper/batsman
Brian Lara, left, and
T&T skipper/batsman
Richard Smith chat
with attorney
Anthony Smart, right,
before the start of
the Cotton Tree
Foundation's charity
golf tournament at St
Andrews Golf Course,
Moka, on Wednesday.
Smart is tipped to
become the next
chairman of the First
Citizens board of
directors following
the departure of
Nyree Alfonso.
PHOTO:
MICHEAL BRUCE
Baby X will remain in
the care of her foster
parents until the Adop-
tion Board reviews their
application to be the
baby s adoptive parents.
This undertaking was
given by attorneys rep-
resenting the Adoption
Board when the matter
came up before Justice
Frank Seepersad in the
San Fernando High
Court on Wednesday.
To protect the child s
identity, the court has
been referring to the 16-
month-old as Baby X.
As a result, Cindy
Rakhal and her husband
Donald agreed not to
pursue the judicial review
action challenging the
board s decision to take
advertiser for the event
but the company s
name was printed on
the tickets without its
approval and attempts
to have that rectified
were unsuccessful.
The ticket-holders
who spoke with the
T&T Guardian said
they had bought their
tickets at WinTV s
Chaguanas office.
An anonymous
advertisement in the
newspapers over the
past few days told tick-
et-holders the concert
had been postponed
for a second time and
re-scheduled to June
18. It said patrons
tickets would remain
valid for the new show
and those who wanted
a refund would be
contacted about where
to collect it. It also said
details of the show and
venue would be
announced in a subse-
quent advertisement.
The show, which
was supposed also to
feature Indian singer
Atif Aslam and Pankaj
Udhas and included an
all-inclusive dinner
and open bar, was ini-
tially carded for March
8 at Cascadia Hotel, St
Ann s.
It was subsequently
cancelled and carded
for March 24 at the
Centre of Excellence,
Macoya.
Bhosle concert
seems a hoax
...now US firm denies part in promotion
the child away from them
and not consider their
application to be the
infant s adoptive parents.
The baby has been in
their care since last
March.
At the previous hear-
ing, the board s attorney,
Josephine Baptiste-
Mohammed, said the
Rakhals adoption appli-
cation could not have
been considered because
the child was not yet at
the "adoptable age."
She said four sets of
prospective adoptive par-
ents, excluding the
Rakhals, were considered
by the board and one
was approved.
On the last occasion,
the judge had urged the
board to rethink its posi-
tion not to consider the
Rakhals application,
since its main consider-
ation should be what was
in the best interest and
welfare of the child.
On Wednesday, Bap-
tiste-Mohammed and
the Rakhals attorney
Gerald Ramdeen agreed
to compromise the
action in the following
terms:
• The Adoption Board
shall consider the
claimants (Rakhals)
application in relation to
the adoption of Baby X.
• Baby X remains in
the care of the claimant
as foster care providers
pending the determina-
tion of their application
before the Adoption
Board.
The board also has to
pay the Rakhals legal
cost. If, however, the par-
ties cannot agree on a
sum the assessment will
have to be done by the
court. (Sascha Wilson)
Baby X's foster parents
may get adoption chance
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